GIVE LIFE, BECOME A DONOR
Increasing number of patients requiring egg or sperm donation to achieve full-term pregnancies Is there anything more rewarding than helping others achieve their dream of starting a family? Spain is one of the European countries with the highest number of egg and sperm donations, and this is great news for those patients who must undergo […]
2018 RESOLUTION: TO BECOME A MOM
Vithas Fertility Center provides tips to make pregnancy easier for expectant parents With the beginning of the new year, many couples decide to embark on the adventure of becoming parents. But, once the decision has been made, are there techniques that will help to achieve the purpose? From Vithas Fertility Center, the Assisted Reproduction Unit […]
STUDIES OF THROMBOPHILIAS IN FERTILITY
Although the terms sterility and infertility are often used as synonyms, according to the SEF (Spanish Fertility Society), sterility is defined as the inability to achieve gestation after one year of sexual intercourse with normal frequency and without the use of any contraceptive method. On the other hand, infertility infertility is understood as the inability […]
FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS ABOUT EMBRYOLOGY
Generally, patients have doubts about different topics related to the work that embryologists do, about their embryos, their development and their quality, as well as many other topics that are described below: What is REM? Is it a decisive factor to perform one technique or another of Assisted Reproduction? The REM allows us to know […]
10 MYTHS ABOUT REPRODUCTION
There are many myths that can be heard every day about reproduction in our daily life, so we want to explain what is really true in this «True or False? 1. When you have children through assisted reproduction, multiple pregnancies and premature births occur. FALSE. This myth is due to the fact that years ago […]
FERTILITY PRESERVATION
Freezing eggs or sperm for future parenthood is an increasingly common option. For different reasons, both men and women may wish to postpone paternity or maternity, respectively, without losing the quality of their gametes, that is, their eggs and sperm, due to the passage of time or due to treatments or surgeries that are harmful […]
Embryo adoption. New possibilities in assisted reproduction.
What is embryo adoption? What is the origin of the embryos? The adoption of embryos is in the transfer of frozen embryos, left over from previous treatment of another couple. The embryos come from a cycle of in vitro fertilization (IVF). This method is performed with the intention of getting pregnant, in a couple who has […]
Fertility preservation. When should be frozen eggs or sperm?
Freezing eggs or semen to be parents in the future is an increasingly common option. For different reasons, both men and women may wish to postpone their paternity or maternity respectively, without losing the quality of their gametes, due to the passage of time or to treatments or surgeries that may be harmful to their […]
Egg donation. What is egg donation? Why donate eggs?
Have you ever thought about donating eggs? Whether you have raised it or not, on this post we explain how the donation of eggs is made. Donating eggs is not a painful process, but it is longer and more complex than donating semen. What is the process of donating eggs? The donation process begins with […]
